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H. H. BRUN'DAGE.

CARRIAGE JACK.

No. 251,677. Patented Dec. 27,1881.

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HENRY H.-BRUNDAGE, ()F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE D. BARNARD, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE-JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,677, dated December 27, 1881.

Application filed September 27, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, HENRY H. BnUnDAcE, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Oarriage Jacks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improvement; Fig. 2, a side elevation, a portion of the near upright being broken away; and Fig. 3, a detail.

The same letters denote the same parts. i

The present improvement relates more especially to the peculiar means shown for looking the jack-lever in use and for detaching the jaok'lever.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the improved jack having the base B. the uprights O U,and the lever D. The base 8 at one end is furnished with rollers 11 and at the other end with points or projection b. By tilting and adjusting thejack, so that it is supported exclusively by the. rollers b, it can be readily wheeled and moved about from place to place; but by letting the points I) as well as the rollers support it as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the

jack is secured from slipping out of place when over any of the slots 0 beneath.

supporting the carriage.

The lever D at each side is provided with journals d, and the uprights O 0 have a series of bearings, c 0 0 to receive the lever-journals enabling the jack-lever to be supported at various heights. The slots 0 leading to the bearings pass horizontally into the uprights, and then downward, as shown, to the bearings. The latter are out of line vertically with each-other, as shown, for the purpose of preventing the strain imposed by the lever in any of the upper bearings from coming directly E represents a bar used in looking the lever D in use at the desired angle. The bar at its upper end has an eye, 0, to receive the lever D, and i is pivotedor hinged to the lever at 6'. Below the eye 6 the bar is furnished with a series of hooks, 0 e suitable for engaging with a pin, F, that is fixed in the uprights O O, and when thus engaged the bar prevents the handle end (1 of the lever D from lifting when the weight is imposed upon the other end, 01 of the lever. The bar E can be readily disengaged from the pin F by means of the .ward in its hearings in the uprights.

device G, which consists of the lever g, pivoted to the leverD at g,the forked lever g pivo ed to the lever D at 9 and the rod 9 which connects the levers g and 9 By clasping the lever y and drawing it toward the handle 01 the upper end of the lever g is moved against the eye 0, causing the bar E to turn on the pivot e and to be disengaged from the pin F. The

lever D is then free to be turned in its bearings in the uprights O G, and when in the de sired position the lever can at once be fastened by releasing the lever g, which allows the bar E to fall and become. interlocked with the pin F. The handle of the leverg being beneath the handle (1,

be readily operated either singly or together, and with but a single hand. When the bar E is raised by means of the device G the lever D, together with the bar E, can be withdrawn from any one of the series 0 c c of be Irings and inserted elsewhere in the series, as desired. I

It being sometimes desirable to uphold the lever D in a horizontal position when thejack is not in use, the lever D is furnished with a stop, H, which is hinged to the lever at It. When the stop is turned down into the position shown in the full lines in Fig. 3 it comes against the upright O, and the lever is upheld; but when the stop is in a vertical position the lever is free to be moved upward and down- The stop can be made to work with sufficient friction on the pivot h to render it self-supporting in a vertical position.

I claim 1. The'combination of the lever D, bar E, and deviceG, said device consisting of the lever 9, the lever 9 and rod 9 and the handle oi the lever g being beneath the handle of the lever D, substantially as described.

the lever D and device G can 2. The combination of the uprights O 0, le- 5 ver D, bar E, pin F,,and device G, the lever g of said device simply bearing against the bar E, enabling the latter to be worked independently of the device G, and preventing any strain upon the bar from being transmitted to the device, substantially as described.

HENRY H. BRUNDAGE.

Witnesses G. D. MOODY, Gno. D. BARNARD. 

